December 11, 2013 - David Agema was a U.S. Air
Force fighter pilot in Vietnam, when the war
ended he gained employment for American
Airlines. Agema worked for American Airlines as
a pilot and upon his retirement he ran and won
as Michigan House of Representatives
representing the 74th District in 2006. Agema
served three terms.

A tea party favorite, in 2012, Agema won a seat
on the Michigan Republican National Committee.
In 2013, Agema faced calls to resign from the
Republican National Committee after he posted
extracts from an article entitled "Everyone
Should Know These Statistics On Homosexuals"
which described homosexuality as a "filthy
lifestyle." Agema also stated gay and lesbian’s
intend to turn people against Christianity, and
that many gay people are paedophiles.

Agema has once again come under fire for stating
before the Berrien County Republican Party
Holiday Reception last Thursday that he
witnessed gay coworkers at American Airlines
claiming AIDS victims as lovers to get health
care coverage. Agema further stated that
homosexuals want domestic partnership benefits
extended to same-sex partners because gay people
are dying of AIDS between the ages of 38 and 44,
and they want free medical care. Below is a
transcript of the words Agema spoke at the
Holiday Reception.

Agema said “I also put a bill in that was, quote
unquote, controversial, but it’s not. And I
brought that up to your 6th District meeting
here a while ago. This is the GOP platform
nationally. We don’t have a platform in the
state of Michigan. We should have. We should
adopt this. It would stop the bickering and
bring us some unity.

“Because on this, it talks about some of the
issues that I took a lot of flak for pushing.
And one of them is I stand for traditional
marriage, not homosexual ones. (audience
applause) ... the basic unit of government in
society.

“When you tear the family apart, you tear the
country apart. I worked with these individuals
for almost 30 years with American (Airlines). I
know what they do. I know what happened to
American Airlines when San Francisco said we
could not land in San Francisco and do business
with American Airlines unless we paid same sex
unmarried benefits.

“The pilots said, ‘Bologna. Don’t go there anymore.’
“Can’t do it. Too big a market. Can’t do it. Well, what
happened? Say me and, what’s your name again, first
name? Martha. I’m a flight attendant. You have AIDS. You
come to me and say, ‘hey, tell them I’m your lover for
the last six months.’ You get on our health care.
American Airlines spends $400,000 before you die of
AIDS. And he goes on to the next, and the next, and
that’s what was happening.

“Folks, they want free medical because they’re dying
between 38 and 44 years old. It’s a biggie. So, to me
it’s a moral issue. It’s a Biblical issue. Traditional
marriage is where it should be and that is in our
platform, so people that are opposed on that issue
within our party are wrong. It’s in our platform.
(audience applause)”

He
then went on to tell the story about how he got the
position as a Republican National Committeeman for
Michigan.

“We passed a lot of resolutions. When I put the
resolution in called Core Values, I took flak within our
own party because of the traditional marriage and the
homosexual marriage within our party. It’s in our book,
folks. I not only took flak in Michigan, I took flak
throughout the United States. Because they are very
organized. I took flak from England. I took flak from
Germany. I took flak from the Netherlands.

“I
also got a lot of great letters. Telling me to stand,
Dave, just stand. OK, I will. I’ve been working with
these people for 30 years. I understand. I will not fold
on that issue. So, I went back to my meeting and I got
this resolution passed 100 percent through committee and
100 percent through all 168 members.”